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Finding the right bike from the bars back

There are some very sexy integrated aero bars on the market right now. Profile Design’s Carbon X. 3T’s Ventus. Visiontech’s Trimax. All these feature integrated stems. How does one divine what frame fits these bars?

Fudging for negative reach

Tri bike fitters using the F.I.S.T. system often find they need a size bigger bike for their customers versus what the fit session indicates. Here’s why.

Xantusia

F.I.S.T. Workshops, and various other tri and bike related camps, take place on “The Compound,” also known as Xantusia.

Tools of the trade

This is an article in a series describing our F.I.S.T. process for tri bike fitting, and in here we lay out the state of the art in tools for best practices.

F.I.S.T. Axioms

This second in a series of articles describing our tri bike fit system lays out the axioms on which our F.I.S.T. system relies.

Measuring conventions

In this continuation of our series on tri bike fit, we tell you what we mean by terms like “seat angle” and “hip angle,” that is, what landmarks we measure to, and why we choose them.